{"id":95668,"date":"2026-04-10T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=95668"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:46:48","slug":"fanview-4-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=95668","title":{"rendered":"FanView: 4\/10\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_89497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89497\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-70x70.jpeg 70w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR-144x144.jpeg 144w, http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OSCAR.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-89497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe T., always working hard&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n<p>Kick it!<br \/>\nDo &#8220;City Connect&#8221; uniforms really connect with the city, or is it just another revenue stream?<\/p>\n<p>The Rams having interest in bringing Jimmy Garoppolo back doesn&#8217;t exactly strike me as scoop.<\/p>\n<p>I followed the Los Angeles Kings pretty close back in the day\u2026but, on this day in 1982, after they fell behind the Edmonton Oilers 5-0\u2026I walked away from the radio and missed the Miracle on Manchester.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As The Russini &amp; Vrabel Turns&#8221;\u2014Full disclosure, I spent a season covering basketball and interviewed Paul Westhead countless times\u2014but I never hung out with him by the pool or hugged him at sunset. (No matter what Scott Brooks may say.)<\/p>\n<p>#22\u2014May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Mark Jones, an ESPN play-by-play guy since 1990, will broadcast his last game this Sunday\u2026This is one guy I never thought of as old. In fact, he always looked like he had just gotten there the day before.<\/p>\n<p>I heard how important UCLA&#8217;s national championship was for girls everywhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These days, is there ever a time when a women&#8217;s team wins a title that it&#8217;s not &#8220;important to young girls everywhere&#8221;\u2026?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m told\u2014&#8221;This is so important for young girls everywhere&#8221;\u2014so much, I&#8217;m beginning to think it&#8217;s not important at all\u2026but merely a mantra to be repeated to stay employed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Game Day In The RamCave\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"520\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_qAZvkPwrYccAwr&#038;asin=B0DFTLJVY6&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Middle of a long drive, podcast ends, and I put on terrestrial radio, and I hear the voice of Steve Hartman.<\/p>\n<p>When sports talk radio was at its zenith, the home was &#8220;The Mighty 690.&#8221;<br \/>\nHacksaw Hamilton and the Loose Cannons were as good as it got this side of Jim Healy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hartman hosted Loose Cannons, first with the legendary Chet Forte and then with &#8216;Philly&#8217; Billy Werndl (&#8220;Hi-Ho Steverino!&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Segments you&#8217;d never hear in 2026 were &#8220;The Jon Koncak Award&#8221; and &#8220;Stiff of the Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(When &#8220;The Stiff of the Day&#8221; segment began, it started with this audio clip from &#8220;The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wanted in fourteen counties of this state, the condemned is found guilty of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks, and post offices, the theft of sacred objects&#8230;kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and contrary to the laws of this state, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards&#8230;Therefore, we sentence the accused to hang by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on his soul. Proceed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The segment, which ran for years until groups complained it was too cruel\/harsh\/incorrect, hit on who was the worst in sports from the day before.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Question to Lakers Fans: If he&#8217;s willing to take significantly less dough, and accept life as the third option\u2026why wouldn&#8217;t you want to bring LeBron James back?<\/p>\n<p>The Dude abides\u2026<br \/>\n1,268<br \/>\nRevelation 3:7-8<br \/>\njtbank1964@yahoo.com<br \/>\nFollow Joe on X: @joet13b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Torosian Kick it! Do &#8220;City Connect&#8221; uniforms really connect with the city, or is it just another revenue stream? The Rams having interest in bringing Jimmy Garoppolo back doesn&#8217;t exactly strike me as scoop. 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